These DIY his and her sharpie mugs from Elsie at A Beautiful Mess would make great personalized gifts. Plus, with only 30 minutes of baking time required to set the design, they’re perfect for the procrastinators among us! Click here for the full tutorial. More: How-To: Beer Mug @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Glass Travel Mug With […]
The design of this collection of 1960s library posters is positively delightful. Flickr user, Enokson, found them “while digging through old library stuff.” It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I’m partial to the space-themed ones. [via @whatkatiedoes] More: How-To: Retro Sci-Fi Poster @Craftzine.com blog
Slipcasting is a molding process for ceramics that can be used to produce hollow forms having a relatively thin shell. It is an ancient, elegant, ingenious technique, consisting of six basic steps…
This concept from designers Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow is called “+/- hot plate.” The plates are silkscreened with conductive inks to create circuit traces, in this case simple resistive heating elements arranged in artful patterns. If the traces will hold up to soldering…
Often, we try to repair broken things in such a way as to conceal the repair and make it “good as new.” But the alternative “better than new” aesthetic—that a conspicuous, artful repair actually adds value—has obvious symbolic appeal for the DIY community. Here’s an authoritative definition of kintsugi from Charly Iten, a noted expert on Japanese art…
Dreamed up by the folks at Soup Studio, the idea behind this table is quite simple: cover it with giant post-it notes, and rip them off when you’re done with them.
The way some people use post-its you could have all your walls festooned with them – just don’t overdo it.
To me, Gustav Düsing’s Chair 23D seems like a notable landmark in the development of what Bruce Sterling famously referred to, back in MAKE Vol 11, as “router aesthetics.”
